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@@@§@%†«-¨ YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ¨-«†%@§@@@
@§%«««¨¨¨¨ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¨¨¨¨«««%§@
@§%««-¨¨¨¨ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ¨¨¨¨-««%§@
@§%«-¨¨¨¨¨ THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ¨¨¨¨¨-«%§@
@@@§@%†«-¨ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ¨-«†%@§@@@
§@@†««¨¨¨¨ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ¨¨¨¨««†@@§
##@@§%†«-¨ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ¨-«†%§@@##
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##@§@%†«-¨ ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ¨-«†%@§@##
#@@§@%†«-¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨-«†%@§@@#
#@@§@%†«-¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨-«†%@§@@#
#@@§@%†«-¨ THEY ARE. ¨-«†%@§@@#
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§§§%†††«-¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨-«†††%§§§
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#@@§@%†«-¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨-«†%@§@@#
@§%††-¨¨¨¨ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¨¨¨¨-††%§@
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§@@%««¨¨¨¨ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ¨¨¨¨««%@@§
§%«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«%§
§@†††-¨¨¨¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨¨¨¨-†††@§
#@@§@%†«-¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨-«†%@§@@#
##@§@%†«-¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨-«†%@§@##
@@@†«¨¨¨¨¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨¨¨¨¨«†@@@
@§§%%«-¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨-«%%§§@
#@@§@%†«-¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨-«†%@§@@#
#@@§@%†«-¨ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¨-«†%@§@@#
§%†-¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ¨¨¨¨¨¨-†%§
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@@@§@%†«-¨ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¨-«†%@§@@@
§§%††«-¨¨¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨¨¨-«††%§§
@§@@%«-¨¨¨ BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ¨¨¨-«%@@§@
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#@@§@%†«-¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ¨-«†%@§@@#
@@@%%%†«-¨ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¨-«†%%%@@@
@§§@%††«-¨ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ¨-«††%@§§@
@@%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨¨¨¨¨¨«%@@
@§§%†----¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨----†%§§@
#@@§@%†«-¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨-«†%@§@@#
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#@@§@%†«-¨ NETWORK... ¨-«†%@§@@#
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#@@§@%†«-¨ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¨-«†%@§@@#
##@§@%†«-¨ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ¨-«†%@§@##
#@@§@%†«-¨ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¨-«†%@§@@#
#@@§@%†«-¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨-«†%@§@@#
@@%†«-¨¨¨¨ A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ¨¨¨¨-«†%@@
#@@§@%†«-¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨-«†%@§@@#
@§%«-¨¨¨¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨¨¨¨-«%§@
#@@§@%†«-¨ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ¨-«†%@§@@#
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